061 p h o t o : C a m i l l e B l a k e h t t p s : / / p o r t r a i t x o . s p a c e / Your AI audiovisual album ‘WIRE’ was released as an NFT and in traditional formats like vinyl. How do you view the role of NFTs in the art world, and what do you think it means for the future of copyright and ownership in the digital age? It’s been fun to learn about web 3.0 and feel everything out by trying new ways fo sharing my art and music with supporters. Every aspect of making and releasing ‘WIRE’ has been an ongoing evolving research project. It’s been interesting to witness how the paradigm shifted of how we value digital art and music. Like being able to send directly into people’s wallets new work is an interesting way of building a more intimate connection to my supporters. Because this album has so many layers of different types of work, I wanted to take everyone on a journey that allowed me to share everything I made in a way that feels special and intimate, and take them through different experiences and content. It’s been a dream to release on vinyl so I’m grateful twelve x twelve offered to partner with me and support the distribution of the vinyls. I see NFT’s as additional things we can offer and give to people who are interested in going into a new space that incentivizes them differently for their support. I like the idea of surprising supporters randomly with new art and music, and offering alternative versions of works as NFT’s. Maybe mass culture won’t completely shift over to NFT’s, but so far it’s been nice to experience a different type of support and I hope people who have been supporting me appreciate the intricate work I put into everything I make as digital collectibles. Copyright is interesting to talk about within the context of putting things on chain because everything we put in web 3.0 in nature is fully transparent. So it’s even more accurate and we can trust what we see there because everything is traceable. We’re currently witnessing countries starting to put rules and regulations around copyrighting AI generated works. While we’re still in the grey zone, I encourage all creatives to play with these technologies enough to gain better understanding of the current and potential future impact AI has on our roles and data. I think every artist should have agency over their data and have the ability to decide what to do with their data for creative use such as creating an AI model of their work to licensing their own AI models. You have participated in artist residencies and collaborated with various organizations. How have these experiences contributed to the development of your AI audiovisual art, and what insights have you gained from collaborating with other artists and researchers? All the artist residencies I’ve had the privilege of doing have been so expansive because each residency allowed me try new AI models and workflows. This has been really new to me, to be part of residencies that allowed me to have complete freedom to experiment and create without a defined outcome. Every residency I did had a general goal of what I wanted to create and the final output shaped itself through my experiments. I’m grateful for the organizations and residencies that have trusted me to contribute and create without knowing what the end result was going to be. It’s been the most fulfilling and creatively inspiring way to work because new ideas keep popping up and I love being challenged with a defined space and time to deliver something in a way I haven’t created before. It’s a thrill and has become my favourite way to work. Collaborating with data scientists such as CJ Carr and Zack Zukowski from Dadabots and Thomas Haferlach who started Pollinations.AI has been so amazing. They helped me understand the importance of an artist’s role within the context of using AI in creative ways. Just witnessing how open source culture works has been so inspiring. Other AI artists, creative technologists, musicians, visual artists, and a fashion designer I’ve collaborated with so far have each been so incredible. We’ve inspired each other to create and think in new ways that’s pushed all of our creative boundaries. This shared growth has been everything to me.
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